The means of grace are the ordinary ways God meets His people.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching
and the fellowship,
to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Faith comes from hearing,
and hearing through the word of Christ.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Means of grace is not a Bible heading. It is the church’s name for the ordinary instruments God uses. The apostles’ teaching. The fellowship. The breaking of bread. The prayers. Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Communion with God is cultivated here, not in a private technique. Ordinary means of grace is the same truth set in daily life. The Word, prayer, worship, and obedience are the paths. God is not bound to them. He has bound the church to them.
They devoted themselves. That is the pattern. God meets His people in the things He gave, not in a hunt for a better way.
The apostles’ teaching and the fellowship.
The breaking of bread and the prayers.
Faith comes from hearing.
Draw near to God.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Let us draw near to the throne of grace.
These are the ordinary ways. God is not bound to them. He has given them to the church. Devote yourself to them.
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